Stela from Wat Maheyong (K. 407), 6th century Śaka

Editors: Kunthea Chhom, Arlo Griffiths.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00407.

Hand description:

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).

Version: (0bad8df), last modified (25c6f3e).

Edition

I. śardūlavikrīḍita

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[–––⏑] h. tāsv . v .. r . dh . y .. u [–⏑–] bhukt(a)yo(ḥ)

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II. śardūlavikrīḍita

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[–––⏑] ha caṅkramāśana-gr̥haṁ sopoṣadhāg¿a?⟨ā⟩rakam·

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bhaktaṁ sāṅghika-paudgalaṁ pratidinaṁ ... r . [⏑––⏑–]

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III. śardūlavikrīḍita

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⟨3⟩ [––] (p)āramitārccanaṁ sahamaṣīpatrārppaṇaṁ lekhanam·

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Ijyāgasti-mahātmano dvija-gaṇasyānnañ c. [––⏑–]

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IV. śardūlavikrīḍita

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(tyā)g(e) nārahitā saddharmma-kathanā dhūpa-pradīpānvitā

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mālādāma-vitāna-cāmara-vatī cīnadhv(aj.) [–⏑–]

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V. śardūlavikrīḍita

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(p)uṇyañ cānyad api pradiṣṭam aniśaṁ dharmmaḥ prajāpālanam·

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Iṣṭāniṣṭa-samatvam indriya-jayaḥ khedas su . r̥ .. r̥ [⏑–]

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VI. Indravajrā

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[] ryāpta-bhogena y[⏑–⏑––]

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Arnnāyanāmā (g/ś) [⏑⏑–⏑––]

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Translation by Skilling 2017

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(Too damaged to be translated.)
II
[…] a walkway, a refectory, along with an upoṣadha hall […] meals for the saṁgha and for individual monks, daily […]
III
[…] worship of the [Prajñ -]p ramit, together with supplies of ink and palm leaves, the writing […] food for the group of twice-born, who worship the greatness of Agastya […]
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[…] preaching the Saddharma accompanied by incense and lamps […] ower garlands, festoons, baldaquins, yak-tail fans, and Chinese banners […]
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[…] other deeds of merit were indicated, incessantly, the dharma, the protection of the populace […] equal towards the liked and disliked, mastery of the senses, weariness well […]
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[…]

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited by Peter Skilling (2017, pp. 61–62) with an English translation.

Primary

[LF] Skilling, Peter. 2017. “The Wat Maheyong Inscription (NS 10, K 407): The Thai-Malay Peninsula in the Wide World of Buddhist Material and Cultural Exchange.” In: Peninsular Siam and Its Neighborhoods: Essays in Memory of Dr. Preecha Noonsuk. Edited by Wannasarn Noonsuk. Nakhon Si Thammarat: Cultural Council of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, pp. 55–79. Pages 61–62.